"Halloween" scares up $77.5 million in ticket sales

LOS ANGELES — Forty years after he first appeared in theaters, Michael Myers is still drawing huge audiences for a good scare.Universal Pictures said Sunday that "Halloween" took in an estimated $77.5 million in ticket sales from North American theaters.It captured first place at the box office with the second-highest horror opening of all time, behind last year's "It."It also marked the second highest October opening ever behind "Venom's" $80.3 million launch earlier this month.The studio